Thunderstorm Wind, Hale
- When
- June 8, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Hale County
- Coordinates
- 34.200, -101.680
Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Texas, June 8, 1963
4 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 5
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
Event by event
4 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Lamb
- When
- June 8, 4:05 PM CST
- Where
- Lamb County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 1.5 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Coordinates
- 34.230, -102.420
Tornado, Hockley
- When
- June 8, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Hockley County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.6 mi
- Path width
- 40 yd
- Coordinates
- 33.420, -102.120
Tornado, Hale
- When
- June 8, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Hale County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 34.300, -101.900
Tornado, Hockley
- When
- June 8, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Hockley County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Coordinates
- 33.600, -102.370
What these are
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado and Hail in Wisconsin, June 8, 1963
- Tornadoes in Nebraska, June 8, 1963
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Kentucky, June 8, 1963
- Tornado in Florida, June 8, 1963
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, June 8, 1963
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, June 8, 1963
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, June 8, 1963
- Damaging Winds in North Dakota, June 8, 1963
- Hail in Oklahoma, June 8, 1963
- Tornado in New Mexico, June 8, 1963
- Hail in Montana, June 8, 1963
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, June 8, 1963
More
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 10120198, 10120199, 10120200, 10120201, 10120202.